Hat and sweatband therefor



March 26, 1929- A. w. RocKwooD ET AL 1,707,140'

HAT AND SWEATBAND THEREFOR Filed May 26, 1928 if I3 110, I W 'l zwaai/221,11

j A? Ma Patented Mar. EG, i929.

UNITED NSTATES N 1,707,140 PATENT OFFICE.

A. WALDO ROCKWOOD, 0F WINCHESTER, AND CLAUDE A. MILBERY, `OF ABINGTON,

MASSACHUSETTS. i

HAT AND SWETBAND THEREFOR.

Application filed May 2B,

Our present invention relates to the manufacture of hats, and more particularly to an improved sweat band for hats and method of making the same.

A serious diificulty with regard to hats is the inability to prevent discoloration of the material of the hat by perspiration. In present day structures the ordinary sweat band is of absorbent lmaterial and perspiration very soon wets such material through and excess of perspiration is taken up by the material of the hat itself and such hat mate rial is rapidly discolored. ll/hile it has been suggrastedV and occasionally attempted to make` sweat bands of impervious material, the resulting discomfort to the wearer of the hat because of the non-absorbing qualn ity of the hat band has precluded its use.

In our present invention, 'we have obviated the objections to prior structures and. in carrying out our invention have devised an improved sweat band of impervious material and have associated therewith a sewing band of any material which enables the sweat band proper to be properly attached to the hat structure and have associated with the impervious hat band a removable layer of absorbent material, which layer may be removed and renewed as occasion may require. Further, the sweat band lis so built as to form practically a reservoir to receive the excess of perspiration and the removable absorbent material is adapted to lit into such reservoir. lVe find it advantageous to perforate the sweat band of impervious material, but in doing so retain the reservoir intact. The removable absorbent material may be placed in position in lightly felted condition and such will soon project through the perforations in the sweat band of impervious material so as to have a plurality of points or projections in engagement with the head of the wearer. Instead of `placing the remov able absorbent material in position in a lightly felted condition, the absorbent material may be manufactured with protuberances or projections on one face thereof adapted to register with the perforations in Y the sweat band.

`The principal object of our invention, therefore, is an improved sweat band construction for hats and the like.

Another object of our invention is an improved method of forming sweat bands.

In the accompanying drawings, illustratbroken away to show 1923. Serial No. 280,881.

pig the preferred embodiment of our invenion,

Fig 1 is a perspective view of ourV improved `sweat band construction partly the method of asseinbling the same; j

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through a portion of a hat and sweat band showing` the method of attaching the sweat band to the hat; and j Fig. 3 is a detail of a manufactured form of absorbent material.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a sweat band of impervious material and of a length to encircle the inner circumference of a crown 11 of a hat, such hat being r`o` vided also with the usual brim 12. he material forming the sweat band 10 is folded upon itself, as indicated by the numeral 13, auch folded portion 13 lying parallel to but spaced apart from the portion 10. It is obvious, therefore, that the space between the portion 10 and the folded portion 13 constitutes a reservoir which will hold perspiration or other liquid. On the face of the portion 13 adjacent the crown 11 of the hat is attached a strip 141 which may be of any suitable material such as leather, fabric, or impervious stock such as the band 10, and such strip 111 has its lower edge 15 extending to any desired distance below the lower edge of the meeting point of the elements 10 and The extending portion 15 constitutes a sewing edge and by means of which the sweat band structure may be attached to the meeting point of the crown 11 and brim 12, as indicated by the numeral 16. Near the parallelly arranged portions 10 and 13 and fitting into and filling the reservoir formed bythe spacing of such elements 10 and 13 is a strip of absorbent material 17 which may be of felt, blotting paper, or other suitable material. Above the junction point of the elements 10 and 13 and as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the impervious hat band element 10 is provided with a plurality of perforations, which perfor-ations may be arranged in any suitable design and if the absorbent material 17 is placed in position in lightly felted condition, the pressure thereon will force some of the felted material through the perforations 18 and form thereby a plurality of jin'otuberances or projections 19, which will extend outwardly and be flush with the en gaging surface of the element 10.

protuberancesQl thereon, which protuber` anees-are'arra'nged in a design similar to the design of the perforations 18 m the'sweat A e yband element 10.

It is obvious lthat a 'sweat band manufactured asabovel described that the factv that 'the e1ement`10V may be of impervious material is' not objectionable because of the fact' that such material is provided with a plurality lofperfora'tions 18 through which may extend projections'19`o't a strip of absorbent material17. and that perspiration cannot come in contact withthe material of thecrown'll or brim-12'an`d an excess oi ,vuper'spiration will"co1l'e'ct vin the reservoir vriormedrbyvthetwo elements 10 and 13, both of which are of'iinpervious material. Further, thereservoir termed bysuch elements -lO`and-'-13"is notdisturbed' in any' way when the'sweat' band is lattached to the hat struc- 'tureibeeause ofthe fact that theielement 14 is secured to the element 13 and the sewing of the sweat band takes place through the attachment of the lower extending; portion 15 of the element 14 to the hat structure.

.Y Having,r thus described our invention, which we claim as new is:

An improvedsweat band for hats and the like comprising a sweat band element adapted to come into engagement with the head of the wearer, an element. formed integraltherewith and arranged to lie parallel to and spaced apart from each other, a sewing element attached to said second element and providing' means for attaching?v the sweat band to a hat or other like structure, an absorbent element lying between the irst and second elements, said iirst element being,y provided with a plurality of perforations therein, said absorbent element bein` provided with projections extending into said perforations.

ln testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

A. WTALDO ROCKWOOD. CLAUDE A MILBERY. 

